Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. Quartet in C Minor is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is Dvorák-ish in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the Viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The movement has a wistfu…

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. 'Quartet In C Minor' is in four movements with a total duration of about 25 minutes. The opening Allegro is similar in style to Dvorak in its lyricism, though there is a darker, more brooding atmosphere towards the close. It is tempting to detect a hint of folk-song in the theme of the Andantino, played by the viola, but that may be stretching hindsight too far. The mov…

Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN. Bach would almost certainly have approved of this string quartet arrangement of his famous concerto for violin and oboe (BWV 1060) by John Cooley as he was well known for making arrangements of his own works, according to instrumental resources at his disposal. Bach himself made an arrangement of this piece for two solo harpsichords and string orchestra. It is quite ?not…

Set of Parts for Nyman's 'In Re Don Giovanni' for amplified string quartet. The arrangement for string quartet was made at the request of Alexander Balanescu for the Bicentenary of Mozart's death in 1991. It was first performed by the Balanescu Quartet at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, 1991. Duration 3 minutes. Full score also available on sale. / Quatuor A Cordes

Dessau's String Quartet movement was written while he was also working on Brecht's opera Puntila. After Brecht's death in 1956 Dessau found himself looking for a new direction. On the one hand he was still working on music begun in collaboration with the poet, while on the other hand Dessau was trying to work towards a socially oriented musical aesthetic, which led him to compose songs for politic…

Josef Suk played second violin in the Bohemian String Quartet. Since 1914 the ensemble was obliged to perform the Austrian national anthem at the opening of every concert.Suk decided to supplement this obligatory piece with a work inspired by the ancient sacred Bohemian 'St. Wenceslas? hymn. The hymn's message - a plea for the well-being of the Czech people, directed at their patron saint - was im…

String Quartet #3 was written for, and first performed by the Balanescu Quartet, February 1990 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Duration 16 minutes. A score is available on sale.. Quoting composer: In the summer of 1989 I composed a choral work, Out of the Ruins , for Agnieszka Piotrowska's BBC2 documentary which dealt with the physical and emotional responses of some inhabitants of Leninakhan…

Henle Verlag Joseph Haydn String Quartets Volume X op. 76 (Erdödy Quartets): pocket score, edited by Horst Walter, ISMN 9790201892146, HN 9214, 17 x 24 cm, 122 pages / Henle Verlag

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók?s Second String Quartet was composed ? with several long interruptions ? between 1915 and 1918, after he had spent several years almost solely devoted to collecting folk music. The melody and rhythms of the riotous middle movement ?Allegro, molto capriccioso? provide impressive testimony of how his research trips had taken him as far as North Africa. The first edition of th…

Par BARTOK BELA. Béla Bartók?s six string quartets, composed between 1908 and 1940, are 20th-century milestones of the genre. His First String Quartet is closely linked to his unhappy love for the violinist Stefi Geyer, to whom he sent the initial measures of its first movement in early 1908 with the remark: ?My song of death?. When he completed all three movements of the work a year later, he had…

Set of Parts. By Samuel Barber. String. Size 9x12 inches. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.

Composed by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), edited by Gewandhaus Quartet. Opus 18. Set of performance parts (parts only, score not included) for 2 violins, 2 violas and 2 cellos. Bb Major. 72 pages. Published by C.F. Peters.

(Parts). Composed by Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Edited by Peter Jost. For String Quartet (Parts). Henle Music Folios. Softcover. G. Henle #HN1232. Published by G. Henle

Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. (Parts). DSCH. Book only. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. 66 pages. Published by DSCH.

For 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Franz Joseph Haydn. Edited by G. Feder, S. Gerlach. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 39 * Vl II Part = 35 * Va Part = 35 * Vc Part = 31. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.

Set of Parts. By Sergei Prokofiev. String. Size 8.5x11.75 inches. Published by Sikorski.

(String Quartet). By Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). For String Quartet (Parts). Music Sales America. Softcover. 48 pages. Chester Music #CH80509. Published by Chester Music

for 2 Violins, Viola and, Violoncello. By Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. Edited by Ernst Herttrich. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 16 * Vl II Part = 12 * Va Part = 12 * Vc Part = 12. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.

For 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by P. Mies. This edition: HN268. String Quartets. Henle Music Folios. Pages: Vl I Part = 61 * Vl II Part = 60 * Va Part = 58 * Vc Part = 57. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. 246 pages. Published by…

(Die Zehn Beruhmtem Streichquartette) Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), edited by Ludwig Finscher. For violin I, violin II, viola and cello. Urtext of the New Mozart Edition. Format: set of performance parts (parts only, score not included). With introductory text.…

Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. DSCH. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. Published by DSCH.

By Ludwig van Beethoven. Edited by P. Mies. STUDY EDITION. Pages: X and 147. Study score-no details. Published by G. Henle.

With a Critical Commentary in English - for 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello. By Felix Mendelssohn. Edited by E. Herttrich. String Quartets. Pages: Vl I Part = 35 * Vl II Part = 24 * Va Part = 25 * Vc Part = 21. Urtext edition without fingering-paper bound. Published by G. Henle.…

Composed by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Edited by Christoph Flamm. For Piano Quartet. Henle Music Folios. Softcover. 32 pages. G. Henle #HN1228. Published by G. Henle

By Philip Glass (1937-). For String Quartet (Parts). Music Sales America. Post-1900. Music Sales #DU10106. Published by Music Sales

Set of Parts. By Dmitri Shostakovich. DSCH. Size 8.75x11.5 inches. 100 pages. Published by DSCH.

(Set of Parts). By Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884). Edited by Milan Pospisil. Parts. Henle Music Folios. G. Henle #HN814. Published by G. Henle

Composed by Franz Schubert (1797-1828), edited by Werner Aderhold. For violin I, violin II, viola and cello. Urtext of the New Schubert Edition. Format: set of performance parts (parts only, score not included). With introductory text. Romantic period and classical period. 67 pag…

Arranged by J Higgins. Pops For String Quartet. Size 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Variations on Happy Birthday for String Quartet (Score and Parts). Arranged by Peter Heidrich. Special Import. 64 pages. Sikorski #SIK1529. Published by Sikorski